Swiss-themed cow bells are displayed for sale inside a souvenir store in Lucerne, Switzerland, on Saturday, Aug. 10, 2013. The Swiss National Bank will abolish its franc ceiling once it starts raising ...

A plastic cow statue sits on a trailer near Collex-Bossy, with placards reading in French "Pricey food? No to the useless livestock initiative" and "Animal welfare? We are already taking care of it, ...

Their findings came as the Federal Agriculture Office announced that nearly ten per cent of agricultural land in Switzerland is now farmed organically, compared to a European Union average of four per ...

Proponents argue a ban would protect the environment by reducing farms’ reliance on soya-based animal feed that has been linked to widespread deforestation. Animal rights groups have also championed ...

The reason why Switzerland is a hotbed of agricultural technology is due to the encouragement from the Swiss economics ministry. The government department has called on farmers to embrace a “digital ...

WINTERTHUR, CH / ACCESS Newswire / May 27, 2025 / Lucky Shrimp AG, a Switzerland-based aquaculture company, today announced the launch of its sustainable, closed-loop shrimp farming facility in ...

Voters in Switzerland Sunday rejected the Factory Farming Initiative, which would have banned factory farming for domestic and imported meat. 62.86 percent of voters decided against the proposal.

Syngenta's REVERTE® program has been recognized as best-in-class in Transforming Agriculture and Food Systems by the World ...

As someone who has spent the last 20 years exposing the really rather astonishing gaps in the approvals process and protection system for agricultural pesticides – both here in the UK and in the EU – ...

The Federal Statistics Office said on Thursday that mostly small farm holdings were affected. Since 2000, Switzerland has seen a 12 per cent decrease in the total number of farms. However, the size of ...

Switzerland has a unique structure in its dairy industry due to state supports. So I was delighted when I got the opportunity to see it firsthand recently. Their dairy industry was protected from ...